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M. 1'ndica (Indian). 20, White, July. 1690. 

 oppositifo'lin (opposite - leaved). Yellow. 

 June. 1823. 



MAME'STRA. The larva of the Bright- 

 line-brown-eye, or Pot-herb Moth (Ma- 

 me'stra olera'cea), may be found early in 

 December, beneath the surface of the 

 earth, undergoing its transformations. 

 This caterpillar is one of the most de- 

 structive of our garden enemies, feed- 

 ing on the stem, just under the suri'ace, 

 of cabbages, but more especially brocoli, 

 lettuces, and some other garden pro- 

 duce during the autumn. It is of a 

 livid yellowish-brown colour, darkly 

 striped on the back and sides, and with 

 a white stripe nearly over the feet, 

 which are light brown. It has black 

 dots between the dark stripes. When 

 young, and sometimes even when fully 

 grown, it has a green ground colour. 

 The moth comes forth in the summer. 

 It measures one-and-a-half inch across 

 the fore-wings, which are nearly of a 

 uniform cbesmit colour, but slightly 



clouded, and with a .whitish irregular 

 line near the outer edge, with an orange- 

 coloured kidney-shaped spot near it, 

 and a roundish dark spot near the 

 centre. The under wings are dusky 

 white, with the veins and a crescent- 

 shaped spot in the centre all dusky. 



Mame'stra Bra'ssica. During the 

 latter part of the evenings of May and 

 June, a middle-sixed brown moth may 

 be seen very often Hying in our gardens, 

 and visiting our beds of cabbages and 

 lettuces, of which its caterpillars are 

 most destructive. This is the Cabbage 

 Moth (Mamestra brassica*, and Noctua 

 brassier of some naturalists). It mea- 

 sures about one inch and three-quarters 

 across the opened fore-wings, which are 

 dusky brown, clouded with darker 

 shades, and marked with pairs of dark 

 spots on their front edge; from these 

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! spots proceed the streaks which mark 

 | the wings across; there are various 

 i spots on the wings, some yellowish, 

 i and those in the middle surrounded 

 with white, the kidney -shaped one with 

 a whitish grey crescent round it and 

 blackish beyond ; the wings have a 

 grey, yellowish-striped fringe, and near 

 this, at the point farthest from the 

 body, they have a row of black triangu- 

 lar marks; the hind-wings are light 

 brownish grey, with dark veins ; the 

 body and head are of various shades of 

 blackish grey, with a darker stripe of 

 the same colour down the centre of the 

 back. During the day this moth rests 

 on the shady sides of the stems 'of 

 trees, or the branches of hedge-row- 

 bushes, and even by the side of clods 

 on the soil. 



The caterpillar is green, variously 

 marked with grey or black, with a dark 

 stripe down the back, and a dirty yel- 

 low one down each side ; the spiracles 

 (breathing-holes) are white, surrounded 

 with black, and close above the yellow 

 stripe. The caterpillar is found in July, 

 August, and September, feeding upon 

 the hearts of cabbages and lettuces. 

 The only remedies are destroying the 

 moths whenever seen, and hand-pick- 

 ing the caterpillars. The latter bury 

 themselves in the ground, and remain 

 in the pupa or chrysalis state all the 

 winter. The Cottage Gardener. 



MANGLE'SIA. (Named after Captain 

 Mangles, and his brother, Robert Man- 

 yles,Esq,, of Sunning Hill, distinguished 

 patrons of botany. Nat. ord., Proteads 

 [Proteacece]. Linn., -Tetrandria 1- 

 Monoyynia. Allied to Grevillea.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs from Swan 

 River. Cuttings of ripe shoots, in sand, under 

 a glass, and in heat, after the base of the cut- 

 ting- begins to swell ; sandy loam and fibry 

 peat. Winter temp., 35 to 45. 

 M. fflabra'ta (smooth). 5. White. May. 1838. 



purpu'rea (purple). Purple. May. 183Q. 



vesti'ta (clothed). Purple. May. 



MANICA'RIA. (From man lea, a glove ; 

 referring to the spathe, or rolling leaf 

 which surrounds the flower-stern. Nat. 

 ord., Palms [Palmacere]. Linn., 21- 

 Monceda ( J-nneandria.) 



Stove Palm. Seeds in a strong heat, in a 

 hotbed ; rich sandy loam. Winter temp., 55 

 to 65 ; summer, 65 to 00. 



